Chen Jarei Kumanika is an assistant professor in the Rutgers University department of media studies. He's also a journalist, organizer and artist in most of the episodes of the scene white series. Chen: I'm genuinely curious what kind of conversations do good white people have about this kind of thing When black people aren't around because I don't have access to that.
For hundreds of years, the white-dominated American culture has raised the specter of the dangerous, violent black man. Host John Biewen tells the story of a confrontation with an African American teenager. Then he and recurring guest Chenjerai Kumanyika discuss that longstanding image – and its neglected flipside: white-on-black violence.